Visa USA has detected an increase in email "phishing" scams directed at merchants. These scams use fake emails that appear to originate from legitimate financial institutions, processors or other businesses that often conduct business with merchants.
Through these fake emails criminals attempt to convince merchants to provide sensitive information such as account information, passwords, logins, or other payment information, which then can be used fraudulently.
In most of these phishing emails the merchant is asked to click on an internet hyperlink embedded in the fake email. This link connects to a fraudulent website or server and may lead to the installation of 'malicious software' (malware) on the merchant's computer.
Visa has posted several examples of phishing emails as well as a list of signs that the email you are looking at may be fraudulent at Visa.com.
They ask that you remember that neither Visa nor it's personnel will ever ask you for personally identifiable information by email or by telephone. Any merchant the receives a suspected or actual phishing message should contact their financial institution and Visa. To notify Visa send an email to phishing@visa.com with the phishing email attached.
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